Alcohol abuse is condemned in
both the Old and the New Testament. A close analysis of the scriptures
reveals that God condemns alcohol abuse, not alcohol consumption.

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it
is not wise.

Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not
be rich.

Proverbs 23:20
Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters
of meat;

Proverbs 23:31
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it
swirls around smoothly;

Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for
princes intoxicating drink;

Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow
intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!Isaiah 5:22
Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing
intoxicating drink,

Isaiah 28:7
But they also have erred through wine, And through intoxicating drink are
out of the way; The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating
drink, They are swallowed up by wine, They are out of the way through
intoxicating drink; They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

1 Timothy 3:3
[ Qualifications of Ministers ] not given to wine, not violent, not
greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

1 Timothy 3:8
[ Qualifications of Deacons ] Likewise deacons must be reverent, not
double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,

Titus 1:7
For a bishop (Minister) must be blameless, as a
steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money,

Titus 2:3
the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers,
not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter
of heart.

Ephesians 5:18
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with
the Spirit,